President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law on December 13, 2016. The Cures Act will hasten how drugs and medical devices are reviewed and authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Alliance recently released a statement on the Cures Act. Read it here.
Last month, the ACT-AD (Accelerate Cures/Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease) Coalition hosted its Ninth Annual FDA/Alzheimer's Disease Allies Meeting to discuss the current state of Alzheimer's disease treatment development. You can find a full recap

Typically, our muscles grow larger and stronger as we age. That is, until about the time we celebrate our 30th birthdays. That’s when most of us start down the other side of the hill and begin to gradually lose our muscle mass, strength, and function. While it’s usually not very noticeable in our 30s and 40s, the loss increases exponentially with age and tends to accelerate between the ages of 65 and 80.
This progressive loss of muscle mass is called